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The polling

The polling
 1758
plate 3 from the Four prints of an election series (1755–58)

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
(43.0 × 54.0 cm) (image and sheet) 50.1 × 61.1 cm (framed)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Paulson 200 iii/iii; BM Satires 3309
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: (…illeg.)av’d by W,, Hogarth & Le Cave
printed in ink l.r.: Published 20 Feb,,ry (ry in superscript above ,, ) 1758. As the Act directs
printed in ink u.c.: THE POLLING. Plate III.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: To the Hon,,ble (ble in superscript above ,, ) S,,r (r in superscript above ,, ) Edward Walpole Knight of the BATH. This Plate (…illeg.) most humbly Inscrib’d By his most Obedient humble Servant / Will,,m (m in superscript above ,, ) Hogarth
Accession Number
842-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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